Boatowner's Illustrated Handbook of Wiring

I have owned this book about 15 years and keep a copy in my service truck for reference. This book is THAT good! It has the most in-depth section on lead-acid batteries that I have ever found anywhere, and time spent learning the material in that one chapter is worth the price of the book. If you need a working understanding of DC storage, charging, and starting systems, electrical power generation and DC or AC distribution including basic wire sizing and circuit protection, this book is a must have!The author's reference application is for boating electrical systems, but the principles apply to any electrical system in any application anywhere. Be sure to verify the required electrical codes when using this information in other than boating applications.The great thing about this book is it is basic enough to start you from Ohm's law and work your way up! With very little initial knowledge you can get a working understanding of relatively complicated electrical systems in a short time.I use this book to help educate my customers when they are too far behind the curve to make intellengent decisions about the equipment that they are responsible for. Informed customers can make difficult decisions about complicated systems with greater confidence when they understand more about how their systems work, and why it is important to perform the services that are recommended. This book is also a great reference for training new men in the field. Not too detailed or boring to lose them. A great book!

Just enough theory to help you make good decisions on how to approach your wiring project, the rest is hands on , real world.

The best wiring book for marine applications I have. The other 3 or 4 were OK but more/less told me what I already knew. The author of this book really knows his stuff.

Packed full of information from beginning to end. Get this book.

excellent writing and presented in a very clear style

Very helpful in runningbdown my problem, however, it reads like a rext book, not a troubleshooting manuel.

Expected more practical as apposed to theory.

This book has some good basic information. I have helped my electrician brother wire houses, and have owned boats for over 40 years. I knew much of the information, but it is a good refresher.

Useful enough but does not go quite as deep into charging system design or faultfinding as I might have liked. Based on American practice which may be biased towards fresh water boats and confirms my view that boatbuilders make it up as they go along.